Display panel and method of manufacturing same

Abstract

A display panel includes a substrate including an emission area and a non-emission area; an auxiliary electrode placed in the non-emission area, and supplied with power for driving the display panel; a protective layer placed on the auxiliary electrode; a contact hole penetrating through the protective layer, and exposing the auxiliary electrode; a connection electrode placed in such a manner as to be in contact with the auxiliary electrode within the contact hole; an electron auxiliary layer placed on the connection electrode; a cathode electrode placed on the electron auxiliary layer; and a protrusion formed protruding from the connection electrode, wherein the protrusion is formed in such a manner as to form a shade region on the connection electrode, and the cathode electrode is in contact with the connection electrode in the shade region.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.